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Showing 181190 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 11: Instruments reserved for small-value payments

Article L133-28

…ed for small-value payments. II. - For the instruments mentioned in I, the payment service provider may agree with the payer that : 1° The payer may not revoke the payment order after having transmitt…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Resources and operation of elected representatives' groups.

Article LO6221-28

The operation of the groups of elected representatives on the Territorial Council may be the subject of deliberations without the decisions relating to the allowance system for elected representatives…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-28

…rance contract proposed by the lender under the conditions set out in Article L. 313-29, the lender may issue an amended offer, on paper or on another durable medium, subject to the provisions of arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article R2224-28

The collection guide referred to in article

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Classification committees

Article R211-28

Members of the Classification Committee may attend meetings of classification committees in an advisory capacity.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Occupational medicine interns.

Article R4623-28

The following may be authorised to practice occupational medicine to replace an occupational physician who is temporarily absent: an intern in occupational medicine with the level of training required…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Committee of experts

Article A331-28

The Expert Committee may only validly deliberate if at least three of its members are present.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement judge

Article D49-28

…ng in each prison includes the members mentioned in article 712-4-1. The sentence enforcement judge may, with the agreement of the head of the establishment, call upon these persons either on a perman…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Reimbursement of disability-related expenses

Article R7125-28

…7125-22 and covered by the provisions of Articles L. 5213-1 and L. 5213-2 of the Labour Code or who may claim the benefit of the provisions of articles L. 5212-1 et seq. of the same code, or who may c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Remuneration of members of boards and delegations

Article D4233-28

…ember in charge of a specific mission of a regional, central or national council or of a delegation may receive an allowance linked to these responsibilities.The amount of this allowance is set accord…

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